Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-25
LOVES LABOUR WON.
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service had fully proved that; and thus,
to her, he was worth ten thousand OF the
useless tops, the lispirg fools, "the
white-handed Glitterlng youth" she had
met in that artificial and vspid circle
called "soclety."
When Lonsdale, sfter time, spoke s
little resenttully CT the osronet's too evil
dent admiration Ct her, poor Melgnie
blusled painfully in her consciousness
tlst more thu admiration was in the
mind of the former; hut she hesitated to
tell her lover of how matters really stood,
and Of the offers hist bed been made her;
10th TO send him S.wsY to the distant land
Re he'd to serve in. with the least cause
for alarm or anxiety in his heart. Yet
t6e secret was very resgly elected from
her-she was SO csndid and opeE-When
lie said
"During The whole Of inst visit-.he
little dinner afTsir-TOu were quite mo-
ropolized by Braybrooke, Musgrave's
UNCLE" he added little viciously, ''enQ
how could l, in my pfq1c, think aught
else than that you were willing it should
be So"
"Oh, Monti, this is ungenerous. ur-
kind" esid Melania, Eer eyes sufusing
again.
"If It should be So" said Lonsdale
seeming to follow his own thoughts, wh!!f
his gsze was banC OF the grass.
WHAT"
"Thst l may sctually stand between
you and all the wealth-1he position, too
that OLD Sir Brisco CAR give your I;
continued, still lowering OF danGerQu:
ground.
''Do rot say suen things, Montague.'
urged Melanie, pitaously, anQ trenholm.
ct her own retiCc2ce.
would you resign me?" she asked
with SOFT reproach.
"Nc-ro, 9 thousand times no. Bu
when | consider the whole situatiOn, IL
{gCing 50 far away for probably q year
7and leaNing you Ia the care Of q man s.
cold snd lepellgnt es your uGC,a, and {
woman so SmDiti0u9 as your au1t-sc
schemin& too, my heart sinks within me.
So did that Of Melanie, whose thought
and fears, in some measure, echoed hi
own.
"Sir Brisco Is disposed TO be kind Il
Gs," said Mtlanie, little ovasivaly.
"So0th to say, En- tired OF the gem
We have mad to pay mere under his eyes
Hel2nie-but my part is nearly owe
now E"
dyes; I aIways feel thet when he
present y0u must nOC seem 50 fond OF Y.
Is yOu arc."
"F0r dread c. him?" ssbed L92Edale.
"No-of Unc,e GrimshaW."
"F0nG OK you, darling-h0w can I hal
Z vufN p n
Montague, giving his mOusLacle sn ang
twist upward.
~ hope you remembered all thst whe
you hsd your hands among Hide
shining hair?n said MalGlie, Wit 4 pres.
little mOue.'
"D0n'5 refer tn thai sGsiG; could
leave the wssp there tc sting hep"
"The action Stung my heart. l know.
"SuTely," said he, q he tOyet CsreG5
insly with the rings @ osr curling fringe
''you should know the difference be
tween Irritation pcrg psESer lc tcmU
even II we had Engaged il it-whic1 v
did n2t-and real IUve-r5 kip2?"
"WAich Hild2 {7ou-d prefer, ! doG3
p not"
"Net.ber do L. said L3nadsle, laugt
ing. 81 don't know how mary Inea 81
has had thu reputation Of being engage
tG-Vericder, Of the King Dgagoc
Guards; Massey, of the Bengal Lancer
Tom TyugT, Of me R.faS-5Ge certaiGl
wears TWO engagement <jngS, and Il {
, vel Known In the service IS the clock Z
Inc Uorae Guards. Besides, the lss1 ri
nor IS that shc IS engaged, or IS good :
such, TO . fellow called 3GSgraTe.n
r "Aoy relation OF Ang's friend, tn